1) A Trump campaign employee and alleged coconspirator sought to foment chaos at the TCF ballot processing center in Detroit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
2) Trump sidelined his campaign leal team on Nov. 13, putting RUdy Giuliani (CC1) in charge because he was willing to lie about the election results.
2) Pence told Trump he saw no evidence of outcome-determinative fruad. They had MANY conversations, some detailed in Pence's book, which prosecutors cite.
3) Smith says he plans to prove at trial that Trump and his alies made up claims about noncitizen voters out of whole cloth.
4) Trump repeatedly promised to "package up" and provide evidence to Gov. Ducey, Gov. Kemp and Rusty Bowers re: election fraud but never did.
The 37-page indictment describes a sophisticated hack-and-leak campaign that succeeded in tricking Trump campaign officials and allies. documentcloud.org/documents/2517…
The hacking operation successfully compromised these people/organziations:
NEW: Courts have chipped away at the Justice Department’s cases against Jan. 6 rioters — and several other threats loom that could further erode what has been the largest and most complex federal probe in history.
1) Many of DOJ’s recent cases have relied on a “geofence” warrant to Google — using devices’ location tracking to identify people inside the restricted area of the Capitol on Jan. 6. But the 5th Circuit recently found geofence warrants are unconstitutional politico.com/news/2024/09/2…
The 5th Circuit isn’t the final word — and a couple other courts have ruled differently — but the issue could be another SCOTUS showdown that limits DOJ’s tools.
1) An exhausted Pelosi, after successfully certifying Biden’s victory, praised Mike Pence before saying Trump had to “pay a price” for what he did to the Capitol and country. politico.com/news/2024/08/2…
2) During her evacuation, Pelosi repeatedly expressed anger at being forced to leave the floor, describing delay as a win for the rioters. And venting about assurances from security officials to at the Capitol was prepared for the worst. politico.com/news/2024/08/2…
BREAKING: A grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. retaining the same four core charges against him for trying to subvert the election.
MORE: The biggest change appears to be that Jeff Clark, coconspirator 4, and the details about Trump's effort to commandeer DOJ in support of his effort, have been removed: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
JUST IN: It appears that Loraine Pellegrino — one of 11 Arizona Republicans who acted as false electors for Trump — has pleaded guilty to a reduced state charge, per new filings on the docket.
I believe she would be the first false elector in any state to accept criminal responsibility for their involvement in the scheme. Several in Georgia accepted immunity and charges in MI/NV/GA have not been resolved.
NEWS: One of Donald Trump’s fake electors in Arizona has become the first to plead guilty for her role in the scheme. She received a misdemeanor sentence of 3 years probation and community service as part of the deal.